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Pumpkin Raitha | Posanikai thayir pachadi | Indian Salad

Raitha is a simple recipe which goes well with any spicy biryani, Indian flat bread or as such.I recently started following a diet plan for weight loss and init comes this which pumpkin which is made as raitha and to be had for lunch.First, i thought how can one have only this for lunch but later after consuming it I felt my tummy fill with out any other dish.Do try this simple recipe which hardly takes 5-8 minutes to make.

Preparation time 10 mins

Ingredients:

While pumpkin/ Ash gourd- a big slice

Thick yogurt- 1 cup

salt- to taste

roasted cumin powder-1\4 tsp

Red chilly powder- to sprinkle on top

chat masala-1\2 tsp

Method:

1.Chop out the outer hard skin and scoop out the seeded area.Grate the remaining flesh part in a grater.Keep it aside for some time as it will oozee out water.

2.Whisk curd with cumin powder,chat masala & salt.Squeeze the grated pumpkin to release out the excess out it any.( use that water to make buttermilk).